Historical Documents
A greviance = _____________
A complaint
What were muckrakers?
Journalist who exposed corruption
What are the 4 M.A.I.N causes of World War 1
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What was the name of FDR's plan to get the US out of the Great Depression
The New Deal
A precedent = ____________
an example
What are the 5 key enlightenment ideas?
Social Contract, Natural Rights. Limited Government, Seperation of Powers, and Checks and Balances
societies based on family farming and agricultural production on a small scale is what vocab term?
Agrarian
Point 14, of Wilson's 14 points, creates an organization. What is the name of the organization?
The League of Nations
What amendment created prohibition and what did prohibition do?
The 18th Amendment and banned alcohol
Give 2 details about what life was like for workers during the Industrial Revolution
Name 3 precedents set by the Northwest Ordinance that later appered in the Constitution.
Freedom of Religion, Abolition of Slavery, no cruel and unusual punishment, trial by jury. etc.
was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency is what vocab term?
Progressive Era
After the Spanish American War the Treaty of Paris was signed giving the US control over new territories like?
Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands, and Guam, (Cuba)
What are the 3 major social movements of the 1920s
Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, and Harlem Renissance
the worst economic downturn in U.S. history, lasting from 1929 into the 1940s
The Great Depression
Give a specific example of an enlightenment idea and how it appears in the Constitution
SP - 3 branches, NR - Bill of Rights/Amendments, CB - branches have special powers, SC=the constituion, LG - Bill of Rights
What is the Great Migration and why did African Americans migrate to the North?
When African Americans migrated from the South to the North for reason like escaping Jim Crow laws and other unfair and harsh conditions in the South
Explain the position of the U.S. at the beginning of WW1 and how they benefited from it
The US was neutral but benefited from selling supplies and weapons to both sides of the war
What are the 3 examples of social unrest after WW1 in the US
Racial Intolerance, Red Scare, and Anti-Immigration
The 19th Amendment had what effect on the US?
Gave women the right to vote
Explain why the Bill of Rights was added to the constitution.
The Anti-federlaist refused to sign the Constitution unless it was added
What are labor unions and what are their purpose?
An organized group of workers within the same trade or profession, formed to protect and expand their rights and interests
Give an example of a U.S. policy decision that followed isolationism after WW1
Not joining the League of Nations
What was the impact of the New Deal on the U.S.?
It expanded the power of the federal government and presidency and changed the role of the federal government
a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I is what vocab term?
Wilson's 14 Points